Section 1. Section s eight and twelve of Commonwealth Act
Numbered One hundred and fifty-eight are hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 8. Appointment and compensation. — The Mayor
shall be the chief executive of the city.
"He shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines with the
consent of the Commission on Appointments. He shall be appointed solely
on the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications. The
selection shall not be limited to inhabitants of Iloilo. He shall hold
office for six years unless removed, and shall receive a salary of
seven thousand two hundred pesos per annum. A discretionary fund of
three thousand pesos a year shall be appropriated out of the funds of
the city to be placed at the disposal of the Mayor.
"Section 12. Secretary of the City. — The Mayor shall
appoint a secretary of the city, who shall receive an annual
compensation of three thousand six hundred pesos and shall be
considered as chief of a department of the city. Said Secretary shall
be the local civil registrar of the city of Iloilo and shall have
charge and custody of all records and documents of the city and of any
office or department thereof for which provision is not otherwise made;
shall keep the corporate seal of the City and affix the same with his
signature to all ordinances and resolutions signed by the Mayor and to
all other official documents and papers of the government of the city
as may be required by custom, in the discretion of the Mayor; shall
attest all executive orders, proclamations, ordinances and resolutions
signed by the Mayor, and shall perform such other duties as the Mayor
may require of him or as may be required of him by law or ordinance;
shall, on demand, furnish certified copies of all records and documents
in his charge which are not of a confidential character and shall
collect twenty centavos for each one hundred words including the
certificate, and all receipts shall be paid into the city treasury. He
shall likewise perform all the duties imposed on chiefs of departments
of the city government by section twenty-four hereof."
Sec. 2. Section fourteen of the same Act, as
amended by Republic Act Numbered One hundred sixty-eight, is further
amended to read as follows:
"Section 14. Constitution and organization of the
Municipal Board. — The Municipal Board shall be the legislative body of
the city and shall consist of the City Mayor and ten councilors, five
of them to be appointed by the President of the Philippines, with the
consent of the Commission on Appointments, and the other five to be
elected by popular vote. The City Mayor shall act as Chairman of the
Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside over all sessions
thereof at which he is present and shall have the right to vote on all
matters submitted to the Board. In his absence, the members present
shall elect one to preside at the session of the Board as temporary
chairman. The Chairman of the Board shall sign all ordinances and
resolutions and motions directing the payment of money or creating
liability. In case of sickness or absence of any member of the Board,
or if it becomes necessary to maintain a quorum, the President of the
Philippines shall appoint a temporary substitute who shall hold office,
possess all the rights, receive the emoluments and discharge all the
duties in connection therewith until the return to duty of the sick or
absent member.
"The President of the Philippines, with the consent of the Commission
on Appointments, shall fill for the rest of the term of the permanent
vacancies taking place in the Municipal Board.
"The City Mayor shall discharge his duties in the Board without
additional compensation. The other members shall each receive a per
diem of twenty pesos for each day of attendance at the session of the
Board."
Sec. 3. Section sixteen of the same Act, as
amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Six hundred and four, is further
amended to read as follows:
"Section 16. Appointment and duties of the secretary
of the Board. — The Board shall have a secretary, who shall be
appointed by its Chairman to serve during the term of office of said
Chairman. The vacancy in the office of secretary shall be filled
temporarily or for the unexpired portion of the term in like manner.
The secretary shall be in charge of the records of the Municipal Board.
He shall keep a full record of the proceedings of the Board and file
all documents relating thereto; and shall record in a book kept for the
purpose, all ordinances and all resolutions and motions directing the
payment of money or creating liability with the dates of approval of
the same, and of the publications of the ordinances; shall keep a seal,
circular in form, with the inscriptions "Municipal Board — City of
Iloilo" and affix the same, with his signature, to all ordinances and
all official acts of the Board, which he shall present for signature to
the Chairman. He shall cause each ordinance passed to be published. He
shall furnish on demand, certified copies of all records of public
character in his charge, and collect and receive therefor such fees as
may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution of the Board; and shall
keep his office and all records therein which are not of a confidential
character open to public inspection during the usual business hours.
His compensation as secretary shall be fixed by the Board at not
exceeding three thousand six hundred pesos a year."
Sec. 4. Paragraph (bb) of section twenty-one of
the same Act is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 21. General powers and duties of the Board.
— Except as otherwise provided by law, and subject to the conditions
and limitations thereof, the Municipal Board shall have the following
powers:
"(bb) To tax and regulate the sale, distribution,
trading in, or disposal of alcoholic or malt beverages, wines, mixed or
fermented liquors, cigars and cigarettes for sale or distribution and
fix the license fees therefor."
Sec. 5. Section twenty-three of the same Act, as
amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Five hundred and sixty-eight, and
further amended by Republic Act Numbered One hundred sixty-eight, is
further amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 23. City Departments. — There shall be the
following city departments over which the Mayor shall have general
supervisory control:
"1. Department of Finance and Assessment
"2. Department of Engineering and Public Works
"3. Legal Department
"4. Police and Fire Department
"The Board may from time to time make such readjustments of the duties
of the several departments as the public interest may demand.
"The chiefs of departments shall receive the following annual salaries:
five thousand one hundred pesos for the city treasurer and assessor,
and an amount not in excess of the salary paid to ex-officio assessor
of a province in the same category, as ex-officio city assessor; four
thousand eight hundred pesos for the city engineer; five thousand pesos
for each of the municipal judges; four thousand eight hundred pesos for
the city fiscal; and four thousand eight hundred pesos for the chief of
police and fire department.
"The City fiscal shall have two assistants who shall receive
compensation in accordance with the following scale: (a) The first
assistant city fiscal shall receive three thousand six hundred pesos
per annum; (b) the second assistant city fiscal shall receive three
thousand peso per annum. The city fiscal and his assistants shall be
appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the
Commission on Appointments."
Sec. 6. The first paragraph of section fifty-six
of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act Numbered One hundred
sixty-eight, is further amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 56. Municipal Court — Its jurisdiction. —
There shall be a Municipal Court for the City of Iloilo for which there
shall be appointed two municipal judges who shall receive a salary of
five thousand pesos each. The municipal judges shall have as a general
rule of the same powers and duties as justices of the peace, including
authority to solemnize marriages. They shall be entitled to thirty
days' vacation with pay each year."
Sec. 7. Section seventy-eight of the same Act is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 78. Bureau of Audits. — Exercising general
supervision over the auditing of the accounts of the City, the
Auditor-General shall appoint an auditor for the City of Iloilo who
shall rank as chief of a department of the City and shall receive a
salary of four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum, payable from the
funds of the City. The city auditor so appointed shall receive and
audit all accounts of the City, in accordance with the provisions of
law relating to government accounts and accounting."
Sec. 8. Section eighty of the same Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 80. Bureau of Education. — The Director of
Education shall exercise the same jurisdiction and powers in the City
as elsewhere in the Philippines.
"The city superintendent of schools shall receive a compensation of
four thousand pesos per annum."
Sec. 9. Section eighty-one of the same Act is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 81. The City Health Officer. — There shall
be a city health officer who shall have the following general powers
and duties:
"(a) He shall have a general supervision over the
health and sanitary condition of the City.
"(b) He shall execute and enforce all laws,
ordinances, and regulations relating to the public health.
"(c) He shall recommend to the Municipal Board the
passage of such ordinance as he may deem necessary for the preservation
of the public health.
"(d) He shall cause to be prosecuted all violations
of sanitary laws, ordinances, or regulations.
"(e) He shall make sanitary inspections and may beded
therein by such members of the police force of the City or of the
Philippine Army as shall be designated as sanitary police by the Chief
of Police or proper Army Officer and by such sanitary inspectors as may
be authorized by law.
"(f) He shall perform such other duties, not
repugnant to law or ordinance, with reference to the health and
sanitation of the City as the Director of Health shall
direct.
"The health officer shall be appointed by the President of the
Philippines, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, and
shall receive a salary of four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum."
Section 10. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 15, 1948
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